Dov Tamari (; born Bernhard Teitler; 29 April 1911 – 11 August 2006) was a German-born

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

. He lived in Mandatory Palestine (now Israel), and in New York City.

Biography

Dov Tamari was born under the name Bernhard Teitler on 29 April 1911 in

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

, German Empire (now Germany). He left

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for the

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in 1933. He was known for his work in

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and

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, and the Tamari lattice is named after him. Tamari earned a doctorate of science from the

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in 1951, under the direction of Paul Dubreil. His students include Carlton Maxson and Kevin Osondu. Tamari was living in

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in 1990, and he died in

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in 2006.

Selected publications

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References

Program for the Jubilee Year 2007 of the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen (PDF, in German)
p. 133

Biography

Selected publications

References

See also